(a) A domestic reciprocal insurer upon affirmative vote of not less than 2/3 of its subscribers who vote on such merger, pursuant to due notice and the approval of the Commissioner of the terms therefor, may merge with another reciprocal insurer or be converted to a stock or mutual insurer.
(b) Such a stock or mutual insurer shall be subject to the same capital or surplus requirements and shall have the same rights as a like domestic insurer transacting like kinds of insurance.
(c) The Commissioner shall not approve any plan for such merger or conversion which is inequitable to subscribers, or which, if for conversion to a stock insurer, does not give each subscriber preferential right to acquire stock of the proposed insurer proportionate to each subscriber's interest in the reciprocal insurer as determined in accordance with § 5724 of this title and a reasonable length of time within which to exercise such right.
Structure Delaware Code
Chapter 57. RECIPROCAL INSURERS
§ 5701. “Reciprocal” insurance defined.
§ 5702. Scope of chapter; existing insurers.
§ 5703. Insuring powers of reciprocals.
§ 5705. Attorney; attorney, subscribers and reciprocal insurer a single entity.
§ 5706. Organization of reciprocal insurer.
§ 5707. Certificate of authority.
§ 5711. Deposit in lieu of bond.
§ 5713. Service of process; judgment.
§ 5714. Contributions to insurer.
§ 5715. Financial condition; method of determining.
§ 5717. Subscribers' advisory committee.
§ 5718. Subscribers' liability generally.
§ 5719. Subscribers' liability on judgment.
§ 5721. Time limit for assessments.
§ 5722. Aggregate or contingent liability.
§ 5723. Nonassessable policies.